709.192
Annexation agreements.

(A)
The
legislative authority of one municipal corporation, by ordinance or resolution,
and the board of township trustees of one or more townships, by resolution, may
enter into annexation agreements under this section.

(B)
An annexation agreement may be entered
into for any period of time and may be amended at any time in the same manner
as it was initially authorized.

(4)
The provision of
joint services and permanent improvements within incorporated or unincorporated
areas;

(5)
The provision of
services and improvements by a municipal corporation in the unincorporated
areas;

(6)
The provision of
services and improvements by a township within the territory of a municipal
corporation;

(7)
The payment of
service fees to a municipal corporation by a township;

(8)
The payment of service fees to a township
by a municipal corporation;

(9)
The reallocation of the minimum mandated levies established pursuant to section
5705.31 of the Revised Code
between a municipal corporation and a township in areas annexed after the
effective date of this section;

(10)
The issuance of notes and bonds and
other debt obligations by a municipal corporation or township for public
purposes authorized by or under an annexation agreement and provision for the
allocation of the payment of the principal of, interest on, and other charges
and costs of issuing and servicing the repayment of the debt;

(11)
Agreements by a municipal corporation
and township, with owners or developers of land to be annexed, or with both
those landowners and land developers, concerning the provision of public
services, facilities, and permanent improvements;

(12)
The application of tax abatement
statutes within the territory covered by the annexation agreement subsequent to
its execution;

(13)
Changing
township boundaries under Chapter 503. of the Revised Code to exclude newly
annexed territory from the original township and providing services to that
territory;

(14)
Payments in lieu
of taxes, if any, to be paid to a township by a municipal corporation, which
payments may be in addition to or in lieu of other payments required by law to
be made to the township by that municipal corporation;

(15)
Any other matter pertaining to the
annexation or development of publicly or privately owned territory.

(D)
Annexation agreements shall
not be in derogation of the powers granted to municipal corporations by Article
XVIII, Ohio Constitution, by any other provisions of the Ohio Constitution, or
by the provisions of a municipal charter, nor shall municipal corporations and
townships agree to share proceeds of any tax levy, although those proceeds may
be used to make payments authorized in an annexation agreement.

(E)
If any party to an annexation agreement
believes another party has failed to perform its part of any provision of that
agreement, including the failure to make any payment of moneys due under the
agreement, that party shall give notice to the other party clearly stating what
breach has occurred. The party receiving the notice has ninety days from the
receipt of that notice to cure the breach. If the breach has not been cured
within that ninety-day period, the party that sent the notice may sue for
recovery of the money due under the agreement, sue for specific enforcement of
the agreement, or terminate the agreement upon giving notice of termination to
all the other parties.

(F)
In
order to promote economic development or to provide appropriate state functions
and services to any part of the state, the state may become a party to an
annexation agreement upon the approval of the director of development and with
the written consent of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation
and each of the boards of township trustees that are parties to the agreement.

(G)
The board of county
commissioners, by resolution, or any person, upon request, may become a party
to an annexation agreement, but only upon the approval of the legislative
authority of the municipal corporation and each of the boards of township
trustees that are parties to the agreement, except that, if the state is a
party to the agreement, the director of development is responsible for giving
the approval.

(H)
The powers
granted by this section and any annexation agreement entered into under this
section shall be liberally construed to allow parties to these agreements to
carry out the agreements' provisions relevant to government improvements,
facilities, and services, and to promote and support economic development and
the creation and preservation of economic opportunities.